The PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV will be following the recent trend of Rockstar Games productions being made available via digital download through Steam. Although a price is not yet published on the game's Steam page, the release date is set the same as its in-store release (December 2 in North America and December 3 in Europe).

Yeah that seems to be what new games are going for. I'm not too interested in the maps and whatnot since I have all that from my Xbox copy, so this Steam schtuff is a good option for me. Although I don't really like having Steam running in the background while I'm playing.